Chengdu FC-1 Xiaolong
Specifications
General characteristics
* Crew: 1
* Length: 14.0 m [105] (45.9 ft)
* Wingspan: 9.45 m (including 2 wingtip missiles) [105] (31 ft)
* Height: 4.77 m (15 ft 8 in)
* Wing area: 24.4 m² [105] (263 ft²)
* Empty weight: 6,411 kg (14,134 lb)
* Loaded weight: 9,100 kg [6][106] (20,062 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 12,700 kg [106] (28,000 lb)
* Powerplant: 1× Klimov RD-93 or WS-13 turbofan
o Dry thrust: 49.4 kN [3][8] / 51.2 kN (11,106 lbf / 11,510 lbf)
o Thrust with afterburner: 84.4 kN [3] / 86.36 kN[74] (18,973 lbf / 19,391 lbf)
* G-limit: +8.5 g [3]
* Internal Fuel Capacity: 2300 kg (5,130 lb) [6]
Performance
* Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 [6][39] (1,191 knots, 2,205 km/h)
* Combat radius: 1,352 km [3] (840 mi)
* Ferry range: 3,000 km [8] (2,175 mi)
* Service ceiling: 16,700 m [8] (54,790 ft)
* Thrust/weight: 0.95 [3][6]
Armament
* Guns: 1× 23 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel cannon (can be replaced with 30 mm GSh-30-2)
* Hardpoints: 7 in total (4× under-wing, 2× wing-tip, 1× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 3,629 kg (8,000 lb) external fuel and ordnance
* Rockets: 57 mm, 90 mm unguided rocket pods
* Missiles:
o Air-to-air missiles:
+ Short range: AIM-9L/M, PL-5E, PL-9C
+ Beyond visual range: PL-12 / SD-10
o Air-to-surface missiles:
+ Anti-radiation missiles : MAR-1
+ Anti-ship missiles: AM-39 Exocet
+ Cruise missiles: Ra'ad ALCM
* Bombs:
o Unguided bombs:
+ Mk-82, Mk-84 general purpose bombs
+ Matra Durandal anti-runway bomb
+ CBU-100/Mk-20 Rockeye anti-armour cluster bomb
o Precision guided munitions (PGM):
+ GBU-10, GBU-12, LT-2 laser-guided bombs
+ H-2, H-4 electro-optically guided,[7] LS-6 satellite-guided glide bombs [107]
+ Satellite-guided bombs [7]
* Others:
o Up to 3 external fuel drop tanks (1× under-fuselage 800 litres, 2× under-wing 800/1100 litres each) for extended range/loitering time
Avionics
* NRIET KLJ-7 multi-mode fire-control radar [67]
* Night vision goggles (NVG) compatible glass cockpit [6]
* Helmet Mounted Sights/Display (HMS/D)
* Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST)
* Externally mounted avionics pods:
o Self-protection radar jammer pod
o Day/night laser designator targeting pod
o Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) pod
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A 3-view of the Super-7 before it became the JF-17...note the more common features with the MiG-21 family.